Madison River Dam: 1,030 cfs Kirby: 1,130 cfs With the cold fronts that have been coming in for the last three days, water temps have dropped into the high fifties and low sixties which should only improve the fishing over the next week. Flows are still above average for this time of year, giving the … Read more
Madison River Dam: 851 cfs Kirby: 1,010 cfs The Madison continues to fish well up high, but the water has warmed up a little bit below Varney bridge. Caddis and PMDs have been the name of the game throughout the morning, with the hatches starting around 9:00 a.m and lasting until around noon. When the … Read more
Madison River Dam: 890 cfs Kirby: 1080 cfs The Upper Madison is in full swing, but fishing has been a little spotty due to high winds as of late. When the “W” has cooperated the dry fly bite has been really good, with yellow sallies, golden stones, caddis, PMDs, Epeorus, and even Grey Drakes being … Read more
Madison River Dam: 890 cfs Kirby: 1,150 cfs Those who have been waiting patiently for the Upper Madison to explode are finally reaping the fruits of their labor. It seems like the bugs started popping in huge numbers on Wednesday, and the dry fly fishing is as good as it gets right now. PMDs, four … Read more
Madison River Dam: 804 cfs Kirby: 1,380 cfs First off, let me apologize for the lack of river reports over the last week, as I have been out on guide trips everyday. The Upper Madison has been good early and late, but afternoons have been tough…especially in the float section. However, with the warmer temps … Read more
Madison River Dam: 963 cfs Kirby: 1,670 cfs and falling Flows have been dropping as quickly as the river went up just a few weeks ago. Only four days prior they were letting 1,580 cfs out of the dam, and about two hours ago they dropped it to 963 cfs. This will do a couple … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,390 cfs Kirby: 2,280 cfs Another letter from PPL: A flow change was made at Hebgen today about 1:00 PM. The flows were reduced from about 1610 cfs to about 1400 cfs. This adjustment plus the rain should bring the project up to full pool over the next few days. Hebgen Lake … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,990 cfs Kirby: 2,780 cfs She’s on the fall folks, and we received this letter today from PPL: As fast as the flows increased they are now decreasing. The flows on the Madison above Hebgen have dropped from a high of 1650 cfs on June 5 down to 890 cfs currently. Computed … Read more
Dam: 2,650 cfs Kirby: 3,200 cfs and rising Another letter from PPL… Inflows into Hebgen Lake continue to be about 2615 cfs. To slow down the rate of filling the lake and account for potential rainfall forecasted for the next several days, two increases were made today. One at about noon and the second about … Read more
Madison River Dam: 1,410 cfs Kirby: 1,940 cfs and rising Last week was another wet one throughout Southwest Montana. We all know that we’ll be counting our blessings when August comes around, but a lot of people around here are just flat out ready for summer. That being said, we received this letter from FWP … Read more
